Luke 2:
‘She gave birth to a Son’
Since the angels announcement to Mary, I imagine she could have been on something of an emotional roller coaster with her hormones all over the place.
‘… and then … she gave birth to a Son’
In those moments as in the birth of many children was it as if everything had been worthwhile? All she had gone through … all she was still to go through … as now, she held ‘Immanuel, God with us’ in her arms and she knew she too was being held in the arms of ‘Immanuel, God with her’.
Never having had a child I don’t know what it is really like, but, I imagine Mary bringing her child, Jesus, God, close to herself. As she fed Him, she felt the warmth of His skin next to hers, and life giving nourishment leaving her to feed, energise and strengthen Him. As she cradled Him in her arms was it as if their heart beats became one as each tuned into the other and there they found their rest.
God invites us to:
‘Rest in my love
Relax in my care
And know that my presence
Will always be there.
You are my Child
And I care for you
There’s nothing my love
And my power cannot do.’
Is this how Mary, the Mother of Jesus felt as she held the Christ Child in her arms?
But then possibly the realization of a reversal of roles as she was held in the strong, loving, nurturing, protective arms of God.
Major Glad
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